laura helbling is a reporter with the rpm report. dr. jonathan mccone is a gastroenterologist, and he is a guest of our speaker. mary lou donohue is producer and editor with artistically speaking, and a member of our speakers committee. then we have donna cryer, chair of the national board of the american liver foundation and also a guest of our speaker. welcome here today. skip over the podium for a moment, and then to melissa charbonneau with news hook media, the very dynamic committee chair of our speakers committee, we're so grateful for the wonderful work she's done here today, and we're grateful to have her mother in the audience from mississippi today. we're also joined, as we skip over the speaker for a moment, by barbara rose. that is natalie cole's manager and a guest of the speaker. then emmie who is the editor of the ideas about innovations at the "washington post." jessica lee is former white house correspondent for "usa today." nikki schwab, the yays and nays columnist for the "washington examiner," and a top performer on t